President Obama's 'best photos' list.

January first marks not only a new year, but the last ofBarack Obama's presidency. So perhaps that's the reason White House photographer Pete Souza found it so hard to come up with his yearly 'best photos' list. Souza, who has been photographing the president throughout his entire administration, released his annual 'Year in Photographs' list. See more photos below:

While visiting the Whitney Museum in New York City, the President hugged his daughter Malia as they looked at the art work

'He was just excited to see you,’ one of the salmon fisherwoman exclaimed after a salmon spawned on the President’s feet at Kanakanak Beach in Bristol Bay, Alaska

The President exchanges a wave with Alya Dorelien Bitar, one-year-old daughter of Maher Bitar, the outgoing National Security Council Director for Israeli and Palestinian Affairs, and his wife, Astrid Dorelien